<< clc

Console

terminal_size >>

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input

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Display prompt and wait for user input.

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Syntax

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r = input(prompt_str)

r = input(prompt_str, 's')

Input argument

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prompt_str

a string: temp. prompt displayed

Output argument

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r

a string

Description

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Display prompt and wait for user input. input returns a string which is the expression entered at keyboard.

Example

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res = input('Please input a value ', 's');
r = execstr(['A = ', res, ';'], 'errcatch');
if (r)
  disp('It was a value.');
  disp(A)
else
 disp('It was NOT a value.');
end

See also

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execstr.

History

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Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

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Allan CORNET